[Harp-L] Why do they call them half steps and whole steps?
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- Subject: [Harp-L] Why do they call them half steps and whole steps?
- From: michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:38:53 -0500
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I've been stumped by a student yet again. WHere did these terms come
from? Why would you not call one note's distance, one whole step?
Why is one note's distance one half step?
Thanks,
Michael Rubin
MIchaelrubinharmonica.com
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